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Laminar Distribution of Neurochemically-Identified Neurosci. Bull. www.neurosci.cn https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0275-x www.springer.com/12264 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Laminar Distribution of Neurochemically-Identified Interneurons and Cellular Co-expression of Molecular Markers in Epileptic Human Cortex 2 1 1 3 1 Qiyu Zhu • Wei Ke • Quansheng He • Xiongfei Wang • Rui Zheng • 3 3 4 4 Tianfu Li • Guoming Luan • Yue-Sheng Long • Wei-Ping Liao • Yousheng Shu1 Received: 23 January 2018 / Accepted: 20 May 2018 Ó The Author(s) 2018 Abstract Inhibitory GABAergic interneurons are funda- layers IV and VI. Neurons with these markers constituted mental elements of cortical circuits and play critical roles *7.2% (PV), 2.6% (SST), 0.5% (TH), 0.5% (NPY), and in shaping network activity. Dysfunction of interneurons 4.4% (CCK) of the gray-matter neuron population. Double- can lead to various brain disorders, including epilepsy, and triple-labeling revealed that NPY neurons were also schizophrenia, and anxiety. Based on the electrophysio- SST-immunoreactive (97.7%), and TH neurons were more logical properties, cell morphology, and molecular identity, likely to express SST (34.2%) than PV (14.6%). A interneurons could be classified into various subgroups. In subpopulation of CCK neurons (28.0%) also expressed this study, we investigated the density and laminar PV, but none contained SST. Together, these results distribution of different interneuron types and the co- revealed the density and distribution patterns of different expression of molecular markers in epileptic human cortex. interneuron populations and the overlap between molecular We found that parvalbumin (PV) and somatostatin (SST) markers in epileptic human cortex. neurons were distributed in all cortical layers except layer I, while tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and neuropeptide Y Keywords Interneuron Á Epilepsy Á Human cortex Á Cell (NPY) were abundant in the deep layers and white matter. type Á Immunostaining Á Parvalbumin Á Somatostatin Á Cholecystokinin (CCK) neurons showed a high density in Tyrosine hydroxylase Á Neuropeptide Y Á Cholecystokinin Electronic supplementary material The online version of this Introduction article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0275-x) contains supple- mentary material, which is available to authorized users. In the cerebral cortex, non-pyramidal GABAergic interneu- & Yousheng Shu rons are involved in cortical information-processing and [email protected] high-order cognitive functions. Though non-pyramidal cells (20%–30%) are much less numerous than the main 1 State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, output neurons, pyramidal cells (70%–80%) [1–3], in the Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China whole population of cortical neurons, they are more 2 College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brain Institute, Capital extensive and complex. Interneurons can be classified Medical University, Beijing 100069, China depending on their morphology, intrinsic membrane prop- 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Center, Sanbo Brain erties, and synaptic connectivity and dynamics. Distinct Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Labo- interneuron subtypes can be also identified by the expres- ratory of Epilepsy, Epilepsy Institution, Beijing Institute for sion of specific molecular markers, such as parvalbumin Brain Disorders, Beijing 100093, China (PV), somatostatin (SST), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), 4 Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Neurology of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, ionotropic serotonin the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical 5-hydroxytryptamine 3a receptor, nitric oxide synthase, University, Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Chan- nelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of cholecystokinin (CCK), and neuropeptide Y (NPY) [4–6]. Education of China, Guangzhou 501260, China Although some of them (e.g. CCK) are also expressed by a 123 Neurosci. Bull. subpopulation of glutamatergic pyramidal cells [7], neu- density is high in layers II, III, and VI, and in the white rons labeled with these markers are most likely to be matter of human cortex [36]. TH is a molecular marker of GABAergic cells in the neocortex [5, 8, 9] and possess midbrain dopaminergic neurons and is the rate-limiting distinct electrophysiological and morphological features. enzyme of dopamine synthesis. Some cortical cells also For example, PV-expressing neurons show a fast-spiking express this enzyme and may reflect a unique cell type in firing pattern and send axons to innervate the perisomatic the neocortex [37]. TH neurons in the human cortex are regions of pyramidal cells, while SST-containing neurons mainly located in deep layers and are fusiform, bipolar, or show a low-threshold spiking firing pattern and innervate multipolar [38, 39]. Early immunostaining experiments the distal apical dendrites of pyramidal cells [10–13]. revealed the expression of CCK in a subpopulation of Because of the fundamental role of GABAergic interneu- GABAergic neurons in the neocortex [40]. Some of the ron in providing inhibitory control of cortical network, CCK-expressing neurons in the hippocampus are basket changes in interneuron circuitry and alterations of cells targeting the perisomatic regions of pyramidal cells GABAergic transmission in the cortex can lead to disorders [41, 42]. Selective loss of hippocampal CCK-containing of cognition and emotion, such as schizophrenia, anxiety, boutons and thus a decrease in GABA release may cause and epilepsy [14–17]. epilepsy in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy An epileptic seizure is a paroxysmal alteration of [40, 43]. CCK neurons in the human cortex are also function caused by excessive, hyper-synchronous discharge positive for calretinin or reelin [7]. Since a particular cell of neurons and abnormal network activity in the brain. type may express a combination of markers, it is of interest Although numerous pathogenic conditions can result in to determine whether PV and SST cells also express NPY, epilepsy along with brain dysfunction [14, 18, 19], its TH, and CCK, and determine whether cells positive for one pathophysiology is generally considered to be a distortion of these markers are a subpopulation of PV or SST cells. of the normal, well-balanced excitation (E) and inhibition In this immunohistochemical study, we performed (I) in the brain [20]. A genetic or acquired E–I imbalance double- and triple-labeling to analyze the distribution can result from changes at many levels, from genes and patterns of the above molecular markers of interneurons subcellular signaling cascades to neural circuits. GABAer- and their co-localization in cortex from patients. gic interneurons are critical circuit elements in the cortex, providing inhibition in cortical networks, and thus con- tribute significantly to the E–I balance. Alterations in their Materials and Methods distribution and density in the cortex, as well as changes in the co-localization of different molecular markers in We used epileptic tissues removed from 9 patients during interneuron subtypes may reflect the mechanisms underly- brain surgery. All were associated with secondary epilepsy ing brain diseases. Previous studies have revealed an caused by various pathological conditions. The cortical association between hippocampal GABAergic interneurons areas removed were mainly from the frontal or temporal and the generation of epilepsy [21]. Changes in GABA lobe (Table 1). Non-epileptic peri-tumor tissues were production or GABA receptor expression have been found obtained from 3 patients (frontal, temporal, or parietal in epileptic tissues [22, 23]. However, the distribution and lobe). The Ethics Committee of Beijing Sanbo Hospital, co-localization patterns of different molecular markers for Capital Medical University, China approved all studies. GABAergic interneurons in the human epileptic cortex We have complied with all relevant ethical regulations need to be further explored. relating to the use of resected human brain tissue in Among cortical interneurons, PV- and SST-expressing research. The clinical investigations were conducted cells are the most abundant cell types [5, 24]. In the human according to the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent cortex, PV neurons including chandelier cells and large was given by all participants or their parents or legal basket cells [25] comprise * 20% of all GABAergic guardians. neurons [26]; SST neurons are distributed unevenly across Cortical tissues were removed during the course of the human cortex [25, 27, 28]. PV and SST neurons play neurosurgery for the treatment of patients with important roles in the generation of cortical network intractable epilepsy. Before the surgery, epileptogenic activity, such as gamma and beta oscillations [29–31], as regions were identified by video-EEG recording and the well as seizure-like activity [32]. NPY is a neuropeptide removed regions were associated with significant abnormal produced by certain types of neurons throughout the brain spiking. Since we sought to explore the laminar distribution and by secretory cells of other systems [33, 34]. In the patterns of interneuron subtypes, we chose parts of the neocortex, NPY is expressed in a subpopulation of removed tissue blocks showing complete cortical layers GABAergic neurons and is involved in brain disorders (from layer I to white matter). All tissues were immersed in including seizure activities [33, 35]. The NPY neuron 3% paraformaldehyde (PFA) and 3% sucrose in 0.1 mol/L 123 Q. Zhu et al.:
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